Bank End Junior Wardens put forward for Yorkshire In Bloom
Bank End Junior Warden Scheme has been put forward for the schools award for this years Yorkshire In Bloom competition.
Over the last few months the team from Bank End Primary School have been carrying out environmental improvements to their area. Their work includes: planting wild flowers to enhance urban spaces, litter picking, tree planting; nest box building; hanging basket construction; and growing flowering plants and vegetables in the local community. Their work will be inspected by Yorkshire In Bloom judges on Friday 11th July at 9.30 am and the winners will be decided at the end of August.
This week the children have also harvested their first crop of potatoes which have been grown in pots in the school grounds and will be cooked and served for school dinners.
In total 40 children from Bank End Junior School (aged 7 to 11 years old) have volunteered to take part in the scheme, which has been set up to engage young people and teach them to respect their community at an early age, so they will hopefully grow up to be respectable law abiding adults.
Bank End Junior Warden Scheme was set up in September 2007 and has been developed in partnership with Berneslai Homes, Safer Neighbourhood Team, Neighbourhood Pride, South Yorkshire Police and PCSO’s and First Impressions Nursery in Ackworth. The scheme has showed partnership working at its best, with each service pooling its resources together to enable the scheme to develop.
Berneslai Homes Impact Officer Ian Claxton adds, “We are delighted that the team have been entered into this years Yorkshire In Bloom awards and we wish every success with their nomination.”
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